School bus driver blocks children after no-injury crash, Clovis CA

Traffic

Reported: 10/30/2025 03:08 PM

Helm Ave & W Bullard Ave, Clovis, CA 93612

A school bus was involved in a minor crash at Bullard and Helm. The bus driver refused to let the children leave the bus until the police arrived. The California Highway Patrol was dispatched to the scene. Parents started to arrive while the children remained on the bus.

Audio|Source: City of Clovis Public Safety

02:38

Transcript:

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46 or 47 have a non-injury vehicle accident Bullard and Helm.

00:05

406 for information it was a school bus that had a stop sign now the driver is refusing to allow the kids off of the bus until PDs 1097[1]

00:19

Bobby if there is going to be churking on the bus and CHP you also need to be in route

00:26

104, we'll go ahead and TOT at Tibbon.

00:35

Call 6-1, copy an additional 28.

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00:41

Paul 61. 621. 6.

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David,

00:45

Zebra, Victor,

00:46

408, Silver, BMW.

00:52

Come back, Clare and Crown. 06 BMW, four-door out of Hillmark to Lasta Gutierrez.

01:02

6-1, copy.

01:07

2-4-5-1.

01:10

2-4-5-1.

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The female who called the landlord advised us that's not a law enforcement matter. However, we're going to stay on the scene for the attempt to pick up side of it. Ten,

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four.

01:30

All right, Paul 13, can you put me on a flag down behind Fort Bishop?

01:41

5-410-4 behind 40, West Shaw.

01:49

Realtime 11 from 1-Pol-21.

01:52

Real-time 11?

01:55

Are you able to review footage as Sean Clovis to see if we catch any activity between these two individuals at the bus stop just west of Pollasky?

02:10

I can try.

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Temper, thank you.

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I'm producing.

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1236.

02:23

Is there any way you can respond to that TC in the meantime? We have CHP in route ETA 20, but the children are still on the bus and parents are starting to arrive there.

02:35

If you've been up.

02:36

10-4.

Police codes explained

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[1]

1097: Arrived at scene

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Helm Ave & W Bullard Ave, Clovis, CA 93612

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